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Related topics: Weapons
anti-personnelˌanti-personˈnel adjective [only before noun] PMWan anti-personnel weapon is designed to hurt people rather than to damage buildings, vehicles etc
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anti-personnel• More than 100 million anti-personnel mines are buried in 70 countries, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.• He also sought exceptions for anti-personnel mines used in wartime, and for those protecting anti-tank mines.• Although an immediate ban on all anti-personnel mines was endorsed by 15 retired generals, including Gen.• More than 90 countries drafted a treaty in September that would ban export and use of anti-personnel mines.• So far, the United States has said it can not agree to outlaw all types of anti-personnel mines.
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